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Aaron Bunch

INSANE: Self harm points in every youth cell inquest hears | Rare Historical Photos

Every cell had points that detainees could potentially use to harm themselves, an inquest heard. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

A coroner has expressed alarm over the "unlivable, disgusting and inhumane" cells in a prison wing where a teenager died after self-harming.

Cleveland Dodd was found unresponsive in the early hours of October 12, 2023 inside his cell in Unit 18 at Perth's Casuarina Prison, becoming the first juvenile to die in detention in Western Australia.

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